Encyclopedia

Albert, Lake

Albert, Lake, or Albert Nyanza (nīăn'zu, nyän'zä) [key], 2,064 sq mi (5,346 sq km), on the Congo (Kinshasa)–Uganda border, E central Africa. The lake is c.100 mi (160 km) long and c.19 mi (30 km) wide, with a maximum depth of 168 ft (51 m). Lying in the Great Rift Valley, 2,030 ft (619 m) above sea level, Lake Albert receives the Semliki River and the Victoria Nile and is drained by the Albert Nile, which becomes the Bahr-el-Jebel when it enters Sudan. Under Mobutu Sese Seko, the official name of the lake in Zaïre (now Congo) was Lake Mobutu Sese Seko.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

More on Lake Albert from Fact Monster:

  • Semliki - Semliki Semliki , river, c.130 mi (209 km) long, E Congo (Kinshasa), E central Africa, flowing N ...
  • Victoria Nile - Victoria Nile Victoria Nile, river, section of the White Nile, c.260 mi (420 km) long, central ...
  • White Nile - White Nile White Nile, river, one of the chief tributaries of the Nile, E Africa. The name is ...
  • Sir Samuel White Baker - Baker, Sir Samuel White Baker, Sir Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer in Africa. He ...
  • Ruwenzori - Ruwenzori Ruwenzori , mountain range, E central Africa, on the Uganda-Congo border, in the western ...

See more Encyclopedia articles on: African Physical Geography